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.TV.. ■. , r J*': i*« ' i 'M vr •••*; s. - I ; '# FOUNDED I N 1868. VOL. 85. NO. 1. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1953 JEFFERSONVILLE, N. Y. v. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Seelig and son Stephen W ayne arrived on last Wednesday to spend Christmas w ith Rev. Seelig’s parents, Mr. and M rs. Carl Seelig and Rev. Seelig’s sister, Carol, the Nial Kehrleys of Briscoe. There’s skating on Lake Jeffer sonville. The ice is very smooth and up until now there has been no snow to impede the skaters. Several fishermen have ben busy w ith tip-up fishing through the ice and they have taken home nice catches. M r. and M rs. William Staib are visiting for the holidays at t h e hom es of. Mr. * and Mrs. Fred Ded- *ling and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knack. Mrs. Staib is Lottie Chelius, a sister of Mrs. Fred Dedling. The Chelius homestead is now owned by Richard Krongel on the Beechwoods Road out of Kohlertown. Mr. Staib has descended from one of the pio neer families by th a t name that ‘ settled a t Callieoon Center. Miss Katherine H artm ann of Spring 'Valley is visiting the George Segars a t Briscoe. Mr. and Mrs. John S. W ehner and daughter Ruth spent Christm as at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Baumgardt. The W ehners formerly lived in Jeffersonville. They now live in Binghamton. Mrs. Baum gardt is a W ehner daughter. Minnie Brackner, employed in N ew York City, spent Christmas w ith her mother and the John Brackner family. Mr, and Mrs. John Antosh came to Jeffersonville for Christmas. On Christm as Day, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Antosh, they w e n t to Oneonta to see Mrs. Ann A n tosh (m o ther of the two Antosh • m en) who is a patient at Homer Folks Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines are ■spending the holidays at their cot tage on the Briscoe Road. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. Roman Banuat and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Banuat and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schumacher and fam ily went to Liberty on Christ mas Day where they were dinner guests at the Miles Teller home. Mrs. Teller is a daughter of the Schumachers. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hatch ahd sop David of Montieello visited at the George Loderhose home on Sun day. Stanley Williams of White Lake was a business caller in town on Monday. Mr. Williams was a teach er in this section for many years. Peter and Judith Loderhose are. spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Scheiber,- their uncle and aunt, at Roscoe. The mass at St. George’s Catho lic Church on New Year’s Day will be at 10:30 .a. m. — an hour later than the -regular hour. Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Schelker of Roscoe visited the George Loder- . hose family on Saturday. They were accompanied by their son and daughter, Billie and Alice. An older son, Daniel, and an older daughter, Tama, were also with them. Danny is a veteran of five years in Eur ope with the Army. : He is now ' studying ceramic engineering at Al fred University, Tama is a WAAF, stationed at Rome, N. Y. Mrs. Schelker and Mrs. Loderhose are sisters—daughters of the late Rev. L. William Hones, well known in Jeffersonville. Many persons will rem em b er Danny and Tama Sehel- ker, who often came to Jefferson ville w ith their grandfather and w ith him visited in many Jefferson ville homes. The town board of Callicoon township had its last meeting of th e year on Monday night at Youngsville and closed up the bus iness of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Basil L. Hick and Tommy and H a rriet Galligan ar rived at the H ick homstead on . T u esday night to spend the rest of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gardner and daughter, Junie. of Montieello, vis ited and Mrs. Philip Schaefer on Sunday. Theodore Bollenbaeh has suffered another stroke and is in a serious condition, He suffered a stroke m o re than 10 years ago from which he never recovered. Since then one arm has been useless and hi* speech has ben effected. - Gilbert Weiss has.taken a week’s vacation from his duties w ith the Dah'v and is in New York City. Mrs. Helen Qarney is a t the home ' ~ (bi»dff6ecipn page 5) 19-Year-O ld Draft To Start After January I The drafting of 19-year-old youths into the service is expected to begin after Jan. 1. National Selective Service D raft Director Lewis B. Hershey made that statem e n t recently. He also said that fathers will be called “in the not too distant future.” Hershey declared that 19-year- olds will be taken soon after the first of the year in some states and universally by March. Hershey added that it would take about 18 months to deplete the present reserves. LIO N S CH R ISTM A S P A R T Y The Christmas party given by the Lions Club at the schoolhouse on Tuesday evening, Dec. 23, was a success in the eyes of the children, and they were the judges. The crowd was not as large as expected due to sickness. The games played consisted of pinning whiskers on Santa Claus, a nut hunt, a penny hunt, going to Jerusalem, a balloon race, a shoe race, a bubble gum race and a crab race. A movie was shown, Santa Claus made his visit 4nd the event ended with refreshments. HEINLE FINDS U. S. WEATHER BALLOON ■Herman Heinle of Cochecton Cen ter arrived in Liberty Monday, Dec. 22, with a United States W eather Bureau observation balloon, which he had found in a tree near his home there on Sunday. The balloon was released by the W eather Bu reau the first of last April. Contacting William George, Lib erty w eather expert, Mr. Heinle was advised to return the balloon and the recording instrum ents at tached to it, to the Weather Bureau office at Albany. The balloon was sent there. BONER AT BEAVERKILL Sgt. A rthur Kusack, who won several championship boxing titles while in the arm ed forces, is at the Edward Scullin home at Beaverkill, awaiting a recall into service. He expects to be sent either to Ger m any or Korea. Kusack won the , Constabulary Championship while serving in Ger many, and while in Japan won the 27th Infantry title. While in Okla homa he won the Army title for two years. Kusack, who lived for some time at the Scullin home before enter ing the service, is helping Mr. Scul lin get in his winter wood. i - — - ■ - ---------- ASSEMBLYMAN MINTZ’S FATHER DIES AT 68 Isador Mintz, father of Assembly man Hyman E. Mintz, died Satur day at Montieello, after 4 months’ illness. He was born in Russia in 1884 and had been in the butcher bus iness in Montieello for many years. He is survived by his wife, a son, the assemblyman, and a daughter, Esther. Hunting Season Results: D e e r Take Big, Hunters 25 A t least 25 h u n ters lost their lives in New York State during the main fall hunting season which ended Dec. 17th. Twenty-four hunters died in mishaps during the compar able period last year* Thirteen nimrods were killed by gunshot wounds this year. Ten were victims of heart attacks, and two were drowned, according to fig ures compiled by the Associated Press. The deer and bear seasons norm ally would have ended Nov. 30 in the Adirondack area. However, they were extended through Dec. 5 to make up for the period Nov. 3-7, when the s tate closed the woodlands because of the forest fire hazard. The small game season continues until Feb. 28, in some sections of the state. Thirteen deaths occurred in the Adirondacks. Five each were re ported in central and southeastern New York, and two in western New York. Twin murders, which still are unsolved, m arred the hunting sea son in.. the Catskills.’ Two small game hunters, Charles F. Simpson, 38, a New Jersey banker, and Rob ert Nugent, 46, town clerk of Ram- apo, were shot to death near Tux edo Park, Oct. 26. The carcass of a deer lay near the men, and po lice first theorized that the pair m ight have been slain by poachers whom Nugent might have recog nized. The deer season had not yet opened there. Several suspects were questioned but released. The total hunting casualty figures may be higher when the State Con servation Departm ent receives de layed reports. ii Another Honor For Eltz; The Second A t R .P .I. Robert W. Eltz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Eltz, RFD, Jefferson ville, has been honored by election to Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dra matic society, at Rensselaer Poly technic Institute, Troy, where he is a senior in the biology department. Eltz has ben active in th e Rens selaer Players group since his freshm an year. He was a member of the cast of “Born Yesterday,” presented on the campus in 1950. He also is a member of th e Rens^ selaer Broadcasting Association and of Kappa Tau social fraternity which he has served as president. A graduate of Jeffersonville Cen tral School, Eltz has also been named to Phi Lambda Upsilon, honor society in the fields of biol ogy, chemistry and metallurgy. He serves as secretary 4 of the Rensse laer Biology Society. Ii l iiaul) BROWN SWISS MAKES RECORD; 5 HEIFER CALVES IN 2 YEARS Harold Stecher, big Kohlertown dairy farm e r has a registered Brown Swiss cow that has made a record that he believes is hard to match. She has given birth to five 1953 March of Dimes drive will open in Sullivan County ^Janu ary 2 nd, it was announced today by Miss Frances McNeely of Mon- ticelo, drive chairman. Goal of the drive, which will last through Jan uary, Is $20,000.. * At the same'time Miss McNeeley; announced names of chairman ini the 15 townships and th a t the bounty headquarters will be .at 265 Broadway, Montieello, next, to Jack’s Lunch. Mrs. Jo LaB a rr o f Montieello will be at the headquar ters. . . > ' /; v „ „ The all-time high in the county was In 1950 when $27,000 was rais ed, I n 1949 the amount w a s $19,043. In 1951 i t was $14,404 a n d last year it was slightly less. “It is hoped,” Miss McNeely said today, “that the $ 20,000 goal can be surpassed because of the great number of cases last summer.” The chairman disclosed that both the Concord Hotel at Kiamesha Lake and the Grossinger a t Ferndale would participate in the campaign for “funds. Details of events at these incxtcn. ou c s - ivcji uiiLn lu uvc j m r Tunas. Details ot events a t tnese heifer calves m two years. H er j hotels and other places about the LIVINGSTON MANOR SOLDIER SAW A LOT OF KOREA Pvt. George R. Hinkley Jr., whose wife, Ann Marie lives in Ros- coe, is serving in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. Since making the amphibious landing at Inchon in the fall of 1950, the 7th Division has fought in every .sector of the Korean penin sula, Elements of the 7th were the only U. S. forces to reach the Yalu River. Hinkley, a cannoneer in the 57th Field Artillery Batalion, has been in Korea since last July. He entered the Army in January 1952. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Hinkley, live on W. Main s t , Livingston Manor. SUPT. HENRY G. PAUL GETS ASSOCIATION APPOINTMENT _ Henry .G. Paul of Livingston Manor, superintendent of the Sec ond Supervisory District of Sulli van County, has been appointed as chairman of the auditing commit tee of the New York State Associa tion of District Superintendents by its president, Supt. H a rry Gross, pi Mineola, N. Y. first calf was one heifer calf. One year later, to the day, she gave birth to twin heifer calves. One year later, plus one week, she again, gave birth to twin heifer calves.\ Mr. Stecher is a member of the Sullivan County Dairy Cattle Breed ing Association. His cow was bred artificially by Leo Graham, one of the association inseminators. The bull that is the sire of the calves is kept at Cornell University. Mr. Stecher says, of course, he expects to raise the five heifers. He may get a strain where multiple births are the rule. The latest twins were born last Sunday. SON BORN TO JOYCE BALLARD MORRISON AT NEWBURGH A son was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison of 632 South Street, Newburgh, N.Y. Mrs. Morrison is the form er Joyce Bal lard of Bethel. THEATRE STORE RENTED Mrs. Mary Anderson has rented the vacant store in the Maple The atre building, which she will use as a dancing studie. Mrs. Anderson will move in after visiting her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Osborne in New York City. ■ STABBERT TO PRESIDE Fred W. Stabbert, publisher of The Sullivan County Democrat, Cal licoon, will preside at a session of the 101 st annual convention of the New York State Press Association. On Friday, Feb. 6 , Editor Stabbert will preside at a round table discus sion on Business Topics. - CLARENCE ROYCE ORDERED TO BED BY DOCTOR Clarence Royce has been ordered to his bed by his doctor due to a heart condition. He hadn’t been feeling well and went to see his doctor who ordered him to bed l o r a rest. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT IN AUGUST The only special term of Supreme Court scheduled for Sullivan coun ty next year other than during reg ular trial term s is on August 21st. Judge Wm. Deckelman will preside. There will be naturalization teifrns in 1953 on AprB 13 and Dee. *14. .*/• V \C GEORGE BOHL, 74, RETIRED SUMMER HOTEL MAN, DIES George Bohl, 74, died at his home in the Hessinger building on Tues day morning following . several months of ill health. The funeral will be held Friday at 1:30 from the Brand Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen W. Ryder officiating. Burial* will be in the Callicoon Center Cemetery. Mr. Bohl was born near Callicoon Center across the town of Frem o n t line on the Otto Bohl property. He has lived in that section all his life excepting the last five years which were spent in an apartm ent in the Hessinger building in Jeffersonville. He and his wife, the form er Eliza beth Schleiermacher, developed a summer hotel on their farm. They sold this to a Mr. Herring. His wife survives Him. *A daughter,/M rs. Iona Nestle, living on a farm at Ellenviile, * and ^ one grandchild, Sharon Lee Nestle, also survive him. One brother, Charles, living in Brooklyn, and four sisters, Mrs. Carrie H auser of Youngsville, Emma, wife, of Charles Hornung of Roscoe, Mrs. Laura Junemanji of Flushing and Miss Minnie Bohl* of Jeffersonville, also survive. PTA MEETS TUESDAY, JAN. 6 At the next regular meeting of the Jeffersonville PTA at the school house on Tuesday evening, Jan. 6 , the speaker will be Mr. * William Neff, elementary supervisor of the elementary grades in the Liberty school. He will speak on Coordina tion of Elementary Grades and Building Up of Better Grade Li braries and Reading M atter for Pupils. This will be followed by a period of open discussion. The date of this meeting was changed by necessity. The regular meeting day would be on Thursday. Everybody is welcome. This, prom ises to be a very interesting meet ing. SULLIVAN COUNTY SKATERS PLACE IN NEW YORK MEET Several Sullivan County skaters placed in Silver Skates preliminar ies for young entrants at Brooklyn Ice Palace. In the Juvenile Novice (440 yds.) the first heat was won by Harold Halpner of Liberty. Time 0:58.9. The second heat was won by Robert Parker of Kiamesha Lake. Time 1:02.2. In the Boy’s Ciib (220 yds.) David Halpner of Liberty came in fifth. A report on the meet rates Harold Halpner of Liberty as a standout skater in the Boys’ Juvenile Divi sion and on the basis of his show ing m u st be rated the favorite in the Garden finals on Jan. 12. ENGAGED CHRISTMAS Mr. and Mrs. Julius Mueller of Kenoza Lake announce the engage ment of their daughter Gloria to William Ackermann, . son of Mrs. Ruth Ackermann of Ferndale.' Gloria is a graduate of Jefferson ville Central School, and employed a t the Edson J« Tegeler Insurance J lieb , a native of Jeffersonville ahd office. Bill is a graduatejof the Del- .a nephew, of the late William Lieb. MRS. EMMA AKMBURST WAS LAST OF NEIGER FAMILY Mrs. Emma Armburst, whose death was reported last week, was the last of the Neiger family. She was the daughter of Swiss pioneers. She and her husband developed a popular summer resort at Kenoza Lake. Her husband died many years ago. Two daughters wepe- born to her. M artha died # some years ago. Rowena, the Wife of Henry Klaus, lives at the home where they continue the place. Two granddaughters and several great grandchildren survive. The funeral was held from the home on Friday at 2 p. m. with Rev. LeRoy Hertzog officiating. Bjurial was in the Kenoza Lake Cemetery. v ■. - - - » — — MERRIL R. LIEB, 50, NEPHEW OF MRS. WILLIAM LIRE, DIRS Merril R. Lieb, 50. of Allentown, Pa., died 6 n Dec. 26 as the result of injuries received by him in a serious auto accident-last June. He was the son of the late Rudolph county will . be announced later, Miss McNeely' noted. The toWhship chairmen are: Bethel, Mrs, Ella VanWert, Small wood; Callicoon, Owen J. Tuehey, Youngsville; Cochecton, Mrs. Jacob Kraaek. Lake Huntington; Dela ware, Capf. Robert Smalley, Calli coon; Fallsburg, Mrs. H erbert Sa- kofsky, South Fallsburg ,* Forest- burg, H arry Steinberg,; Fprestburg; Fremont, Mrs. John Kenney, Long Eddy; Highland, Mrs. J p a y T . Lewis, Eldred; Liberty, W djf' Olkin, Liberty; Lumberland, Edward Bis land, Glen Spey; Marpakating> p e n tv Temes, Wurtsboro, N^versmk, Mrs. Mary Shaut, Grahamsville; Rockland, Miss M ary Johnston, Livingston Manor, Thompson, Mrs Esther Stfassberg, Monticellh; and Tusten, John W. • Morisse, Narrows burg. . STOECKLI GETS PRIVATE PILOT’S LICENSE . - - . 1 . . . j Adolph Stoeckli, Liberty, has re- eeiyed word from W ashington th a t 1 his son, Alfred, has received his / private pilot’s license. Alfred is attending th e Riddle; School of Aviation in Miami, Fla. / ? Adolph Stoeckli had a jewelry store and watch repair shop ifi J e f fersonville for several years. A t the time the family lived in Hurd and Alfred attended Jeffersonville Cen- ‘ tral School. t UNIVERSAL WEEK OF PRATER Special meetings' for prayer/w ill be held all over the world .{iiext week, Jan. 4-11, inclusive, ip ac cordance. with the growing custom of the churches to observe .thfe first full w£ek of the new year for in dividual growth and intercession for o u r . own leaders and other nations. This year’s -outline of the N a tional Council of Churches 1 empha sizes individual spiritual growth un der the general title, “Seven Steps toward Spiritual Prograess.” - * . . Stephen W. Ryder HOME BUREAU NEWS The Jeffersonville * Home Bureau will meet at the firehopse Monday, .'Jan. 5, 1953, a t eight o’clock for its regular business meeting, Mrs. Frank Pecsi 'will give --the first lampshades lesson then also. Please have, your materials \With - you. Yeast breads will-be taught by Mrs. Philip Reum a t the Presbyter ian kitchen Thursday, Jan. 8 , a t 12:30. Kindly contact Mrs. Reum i f interested. ' aware Valley Central employed aLBcMktor’iL e f date ha* Jtaeit petrol* **. • *» ’•« . \ v-> -• V ' • ' •- ■ - ' : • *• „ \The deceased was injured when his auto slipped on slippery pave- ■nt and crashed into a truck. His % * i$ g to w a s reduced to junk. TAXES IN CALLICOON $2,600 BELOW LAST YEAR Supervisor Sam Baer of the tow n of Callicoon reports that the taxes in the town will be about $2000 below th e amount collected last year. The tax rate outside the vil- - Jage of Jefferlonville wil be $23.57 per $ 1,000 of assessed valuation.' W ithin the corporation of the vil- * lage of Jeffersonville it will be $2.1t8 l^ss or $21.29 on each $ 1 , 000 . The $23.57 »does not include spec ial taxes to pay for street Hghts, fire protection, etc. However, the rate given here for Jeffersonville .does not include fire protection be cause. the fire district .extends be yond the corporation limits. No highway taxes are collected on vil lage proper!v, Taxes to m aintain village streets are collected a t an other time of the year by the vil lage tax collector. JV ■ A % s -. . ■ L.- 3*- i f t * \ > : * V .i*?. Vi 1 * ^ -'t- 'f 45 - . T.'V- I L- . 1 'i s*?
